Born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of R&B legend Rufus Thomas, Vaneese
Thomas has cultivated her own style by blending all the influences of her
background-R&B, gospel, blues and jazz. Regarded by many industry insiders
as an accomplished performer, songwriter, producer, and actress Vaneese is
above all . . . a vocalist extraordinaire!

Vaneese has worked with an array of internationally known performers
including Sting, Luciano Pavarotti, Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, B.B. King,
Eric Clapton, Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, Chaka Kahn, Luther Vandross, Joe
Cocker, kd lang, Jonathan Butler, Jewel, Celine Dion, Joan Osborne, Annie
Lennox and Patti Austin. Vaneese has produced recordings, created vocal
arrangements, and/or written songs for Austin as well as Freddie Jackson,
Bob James, Larry Coryell and Melba Moore.

In 1987 Geffen Records released Vaneese, which included the Top Ten R&B hit,
“Let’s Talk It Over,” followed by Many Voices in 1993. Vaneese’s movie
soundtrack credits include Mighty Aphrodite (1995), The First Wives Club
(1996), and the Oscar-nominated, Seraglio (2000), among others. In 1999,
Diana Ross scored a Top 10 hit in the UK with “One Shining Moment,” a song
written by Vaneese. That same year Vaneese’s When My Back’s Against The
Wall, a gospel/crossover record, was released on her own Peaceful Waters
Music label. Billboard Magazine hailed the record as, “A small label
masterpiece that begs for attention from savvy majors.”

From 1990 to 1996, Vaneese appeared as Grace the Bass on the PBS series
Shining Time Station, and in 1997 was recruited to be the singing/speaking
voice of Clio, Goddess of History, in the Disney production Hercules. Her
other TV appearances include the Late Show With David Letterman, Late Night
With Conan O’Brien, The Rosie O’Donnell Show and NBC’s Today.

Discover Vaneese Thomas’s 2003 recording A Woman’s Love and you’ll know
immediately that Vaneese is an exciting and multi-talented artist who sings
it like she feels it, with heart, soul and effortless grace